I just bought a Seagate Barracuda 80GB at Fry's for $150 (with $50 MIR)
I just installed it into my current PC - which has WinXP - without running any program. It's a bare drive.
WinXP recognized the drive and installed. But I didn't see new drive when I clicked on My Computer. I think it's OK because the HDD isn't formatted yet. My question is:
How do I format this HDD with WinXP NTSF?
or Is there any way that I use WinXP to format this HDD (I have the CD) ?
I remember someone says that WinXP NTSF is different from WinNT and 2K NTSF.
Check on Seagate site, their Disk Manager can only format either FAT or FAT32.
Thank you very much.
P.S. I paid $300 for a boxed Maxtor 40GB in 2000. And now I get double capacity for only half price.
Personally, I feel bad for my friends who lost their job at Seagate and Quantum (Maxtor now)
Just one thread is enough. No need to cross post to multiple forums. Your GH thread belongs in OS anyway.
AnandTech "Pedantic Categories" Moderator
I just installed it into my current PC - which has WinXP - without running any program. It's a bare drive.
WinXP recognized the drive and installed. But I didn't see new drive when I clicked on My Computer. I think it's OK because the HDD isn't formatted yet. My question is:
How do I format this HDD with WinXP NTSF?
or Is there any way that I use WinXP to format this HDD (I have the CD) ?
I remember someone says that WinXP NTSF is different from WinNT and 2K NTSF.
Check on Seagate site, their Disk Manager can only format either FAT or FAT32.
Thank you very much.
P.S. I paid $300 for a boxed Maxtor 40GB in 2000. And now I get double capacity for only half price.
Personally, I feel bad for my friends who lost their job at Seagate and Quantum (Maxtor now)
Just one thread is enough. No need to cross post to multiple forums. Your GH thread belongs in OS anyway.
AnandTech "Pedantic Categories" Moderator
